About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday.

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    1 year ago

    Suicide number decreased when we switched the type of gas ovens used. Use to be that you could stuff up your windows and doors, turn on the oven, and slowly drift to sleep into death. Now you will just be slightly warmer. Of course, that is a supply side solution. And just like the republican war on drugs, supply side solutions never get rid of the underlying problem.